Shoe-sole fastening.



PATENTBD APR. 24, 1906.

W. BECK. SHOE SOLE FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM BECK, OF HENDERSON, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANKBRAHS, \VILLIAM BRAHS, CHARLES JOYCE, AND JOHN MCGRANN. ONE-TENTH TOFRED JOHNSON, AND ONE-TENTH TO THOMAS WELOH, ALL OF HENDERSON,MINNESOTA.

SHOE-SOLE FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Apnlication filed March 21, 1904- Serial No. 199,224.

1"!) (I-// who), it may concern;

Be it known that I, VILLIAM BECK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Henderson, in the county of Sibley and State of Minnesota,have invented a new and useful Shoe- Sole Fastening, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to boots and shoes, and especially to an improvedmeans of attaching the soles and heels thereto, and has for its objectsto produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this characterwherein the outer sole or heel when worn may be readily removed andreplaced by new parts and one in which the heel may be adjusted fromtime to time as circumstances require to insure uniform wearing thereof.

T 0 these ends the invention comprises the novel features ofconstruction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying; drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of adevice embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view with the innersole removed to disclose the attaching device. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe heel portion of the sole. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical sectionthrough the heel. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views. Fig. 8 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 3, disclosing a slightly-different embodiment of theinvention.

Referring tothe drawings, 1 designates the inner sole of a boot or shoe,to which the upper 2 is attached, as usual, and 3 the upper lift or plyof the outer sole, stitched or other wise fastened to the inner sole.

Secured to the upper face of the layer 3 and within and slightly remotefrom the marginal edge thereof is a preferably continuous fasteningmember or band 4, composed of thin steel or other suitable metal andsecured in place by means of staples 5, stitches, or other suitablefastening devices. This member or band 4 has provided thereon a seriesof outwardly projecting or depending engaging spurs or prongs 6 ofsuitable length, as hereinafter explained, and preferably ofsubstantially U sha e in cross-section these s urs being arranged inuxtapos1t1on and in relatively close order throughout the entire lengthor area of the band, except at the points 7 7, where one or more spursare omitted to produce spaces, as shown, for a purpose which will laterappear. The spurs engage and serve to secure in place the lower lift orply S of the outer sole, whereby this lift, which sustains the wearincident to the use of the shoe, may when necessary or desirable belreadily removed and replaced by a new one.

Attached to the heel portion of the sole 3 by means of removablefastening devices 9, preferably in the form of screw-bolts, is the heel10. This heel, which is composed, as usual, of a plurality of superposedlayers or plies, comprises a normally fixed primary portion or member 11and a secondary movable portion or member 12, this latter being ofcircular form in plan and adapted to extend and fit at one side within asemicircular recess 13, provided in the rear wall of the member 11, inwhich recess and conforming thereto is a thin sheet-metalprotecting-plate 14, the ends of which are bent back over the terminalends of the member 11 and lie along the outer face thereof.

The primary portion of the heel is secured in place by a pair of thescrew-bolts 9, while the secondary portion is secured by a single andcentrallydisposed bolt, upon which it may, as presently explained, berotated, these bolts being all extended through the heel and inner sole3 and having their inner ends in threaded engagement each with anengaging member 15, preferably in the form of a nut or bur embedded inthe inner face of the sole 3.

Attention is here directed to the fact that when the outer ply is inposition the spaces 7 will register with and receive the nuts 15 on thebolts which secure the primary member 11 in place, thereby permittingthe meeting faces of the lifts 3 and 3 to lie in snug even contact.

Provided upon and projecting outward or downward from the outer face ofthe ply 8 is a series of engaging pins or prongs l6, adapted to registerwith and enter suitable sockets 17, provided in the adjacent face of thesecondary heel member 12 for normally fixing the latter againstrotation, there being preferably four of the prongs 16, as herein shown.From this arrangement it is apparent that as the member 12 in practicebecomes worn it may from time to time, by removing the bolt set forthwithout departing from the spirit of 9 and freeing it from engagementwith the prongs 16, be partially rotated, thereby in suring a uniformwearing of its outer surface. In Fig. 8 I have shown aslightly-different form of the device in which a single substantiallyV-shaped member or plate 18 is substituted for the three retainingmembers or nuts 15 to be engaged by the inner ends of the screw-bolts 9.In other respects the construction and operation is identical with thatabove described. 7

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple inexpensivedevice admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, but itis to be understood that minor changes may be made in the details hereinthe invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is In a device ofthe class described, the combination with a shoe-sole formed of aplurality of superposed lifts, of a heel, a marginal band secured to oneof said lifts and provided with a plurality of spaced depending spurspassing through the adiacent lifts, means for securing the marginal bandin position on said lift, an engaging member secured to the upper liftof the sole, an attaching member extending through the heel and engagingthe first-named member, a nut seated on each side of the marginal bandbetween the depending spurs, and bolts having their threaded endsextending through the heel and engaging said nuts for securing the heelto the s oe.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM BECK.

Witnesses:

A. E. BUCK, CHARLES JoYcE.

